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A version of this archives appears in print on May 25, 1897, on Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: ILLINOIS MAN LOSES $12,000.; Rock Island Railroad Car Cleaner Finds It -- Owner Gets It Back. Order Reprints|Today's Paper|Subscribe